Picking Up the Pieces from Portugal to Palestine Quaker Refugee Relief in World War II

by Wriggins, Howard

• ISBN13: 9780761827979
• ISBN10: 0761827978
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-06-14
• Publisher: UPA
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Summary

As a conscientious objector prior to World War II, author Howard Wriggins joined the American Friends Service Committee, a non-governmental organization that, with its British counterpart, would receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1947 for their many years of refugee relief work. A young idealist who left his graduate studies in political science to assist refugees fleeing Hitler's madness, Wriggins batted out daily letters on an ancient Underwood portable to describe the cruel events he witnessed. He shares his experiences as he came to know numberless refugees and prisoners in Portugal, internees in Algiers, Yugoslavs fleeing in transport ships, refugees and Vatican officials in Italy, anguished French colleagues after years of Occupation, and Palestinians jammed into Gaza camps.

Author Biography

Howard Wriggins is Bryce Professor Emeritus of the History of International Relations at Columbia University.

Table of Contents

Part I PORTUGAL, 1942-1943
Refugee Casework and Migration
Chapter 1 Preparation	3	(12)
Chapter 2 Lisbon: Refugee Assistance	15	(20)
Chapter 3 Servicing Quaker Activities in France and Spain	35	(10)
Chapter 4 Allied Landings and Lisbon Life	45	(12)
Chapter 5 Refugee Responses to Adversity	57	(4)
Part II ALGERIA AND EGYPT, 1943-1944
Refugees and Internees
Chapter 6 Spanish Refugees, Vichy Internees and Libyans	61	(16)
Chapter 7 Egypt: Yugoslave Refugees	77	(18)
Part III ITALY, 1944-1945
Stateless Refugee Services and Rebuilding Abruzzi Villages
Chapter 8 IGCR/AFSC Joint Program For Stateless Refugees	95	(16)
Chapter 9 Village Reconstruction in the Abruzzi Mountains	111	(18)
Part IV FRANCE, 1945-1946
Spanish and Stateless Refugees and Normandy Reconstruction
Chapter 10 The Paris Headquarters and Program	129	(10)
Chapter 11 Visits to French Quaker Delegations	139	(10)
Chapter 12 Life in Paris: The Day-to Day Perspective	149	(12)
Chapter 13 Changing Priorities	161	(14)
Part V GENEVA AND GAZA, 1948-1949
Palestine Refugees
Chapter 14 Palestine Refugees in Gaza	175	(20)
Chapter 15 Return to Gaza	195	(9)
Afterword	204	(3)
Appendix 1: Historical Background to Chapter 14	207	(3)
Appendix 2: Organizations and Acronyms	210	(5)
Appendix 3: Historical Context: Brief Chronology	215	(3)
Endnotes	218	(9)
Bibliography	227	(5)
About the Author	232	(1)
Index	233